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Comment by jstanley

One point I would make:

> it connects to some API at https://www.exchangerate-api.com/

This is not necessarily right. The exchangerate-api.com site is hosted behind Cloudflare, so I don't know where it's actually hosted, but the IP addresses shown in bandwhich could be unrelated.

You also said:

> Visiting one of those IPs redirects to https://www.exchangerate-api.com/

It is common for malicious sites to redirect to legitimate sites to help evade detection, so it is possible that exchangerate-api.com is an unrelated and legitimate site.

parent jstanley 2 years ago

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